Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• SURKO, C. M
• LEVENTHAL, M
• PASSNER, A

Titel

Positron plasma in the laboratory

Ist Teil von

• Physical review letters, 1989-02, Vol.62 (8), p.901-904

Ort / Verlag

Ridge, NY: American Physical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

1989

Quelle

American Physical Society

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A method has been developed to accumulate and store positrons, from a Na-22 radiactive source, in an electrostatic trap using a tungsten moderator and inelastic collisions with nitrogen molecules. The resulting positron gas is found to cool to room temperature, and to fulfill the criteria for a single-component, positron plasma. The cooling and confinement processes and the potential applications of this many-positron system are discussed. (Author)